Raina overtakes Hayden in the most valuable players' list

Shane Watson was the most valuable player of IPL 2008. Who will it be this time? Any of the top five ranked players has a chance, with Suresh Raina being the current favourite.

With the IPL league phase over, we decided to list the names of the top 75 players with their rank attached.

Rank

Player

Team

From

Runs

Str Rate

W

Eco

M

MVPI

Money ($)

PVI

Age

1

Suresh Raina

CSK

IND

414

143.3

7

5.7

13

651

650000

984

22

2

M Hayden

CSK

AUS

546

145.2

0

--

11

650

375000

553

37

3

Adam Gilchrist

DC

AUS

410

142.9

0

--

14

592

700000

1182

37

4

AB de Villiers

DD

SA

486

131.0

0

--

14

583

300000

515

25

5

Rohit Sharma

DC

IND

297

119.3

11

6.6

14

499

750000

1502

22

6

Brad Hodge

KKR

AUS

365

117.7

7

8.1

12

467

100000

208

34

7

Irfan Pathan

KXI

IND

196

124.1

17

7.7

14

453

925000

2042

24

8

J-P Duminy

MI

SA

372

114.5

4

5.8

13

450

950000

2083

25

9

Yuvraj Singh

KXI

IND

340

115.3

6

7.1

14

444

1063750

2394

27

10

Dinesh Karthik

DD

IND

279

133.5

0

--

14

421

525000

1248

23

11

Yusuf Pathan

RR

IND

243

132.8

7

6.9

13

412

475000

1136

26

12

Dwayne Bravo

MI

WI

218

107.4

11

7.8

10

395

150000

358

25

13

R Jadeja

RR

IND

295

110.9

6

6.5

13

395

30000

75

20

14

H Singh

MI

IND

84

158.5

12

5.8

13

383

850000

2189

28

15

MS Dhoni

CSK

IND

304

131.6

0

--

13

381

1500000

3878

27

16

S Tendulkar

MI

IND

364

120.1

0

9.7

13

375

1121250

2945

36

17

Jacques Kallis

BRC

SA

337

109.4

5

8.0

13

366

900000

2424

33

18

Anil Kumble

BRC

IND

15

83.3

17

5.9

14

361

500000

1384

38

19

Lasith Malinga

MI

SL

0

0.0

18

6.3

13

344

350000

1004

25

20

Ashish Nehra

DD

IND

1

100.0

18

6.6

12

342

400000

1135

30

21

RP Singh

DC

IND

8

47.1

20

7.1

14

342

875000

2560

23

22

T Dilshan

DD

SL

306

120.9

0

6.5

13

332

250000

743

32

23

Muralitharan

CSK

SL

8

100.0

13

5.3

12

331

600000

1761

37

24

Shane Warne

RR

AUS

108

93.1

14

7.3

13

323

450000

1375

39

25

K Sangakkara

KXI

SL

332

102.5

0

--

14

321

700000

2181

31

26

B McCullum

KKR

NZ

285

119.2

0

--

12

318

700000

2140

27

27

Munaf Patel

RR

IND

33

126.9

16

6.9

11

317

275000

830

25

28

T Suman

DC

IND

203

131.8

5

7.2

10

309

30000

92

25

29

S Jayasuriya

MI

SL

221

115.1

7

8.6

12

302

975000

3136

39

30

A Symonds

DC

AUS

192

147.7

4

6.8

6

299

1350000

1938

34

31

H Gibbs

DC

SA

275

107.8

0

--

12

290

575000

1928

35

32

Dwayne Smith

DC

WI

215

162.9

1

8.9

6

285

100000

311

26

33

Pragyan Ojha

DC

IND

1

14.3

15

6.3

13

282

30000

105

22

34

A Nayar

MI

IND

193

127.0

4

7.0

13

278

100000

355

25

35

Praveen Kumar

BRC

IND

63

146.5

12

7.8

11

274

300000

1049

22

36

Jayawardene

KXI

SL

219

132.7

0

--

10

264

475000

1698

31

37

Dirk Nannes

DD

AUS

0

--

15

7.2

12

263

70000

258

33

38

Albie Morkel

CSK

SA

77

145.3

12

8.2

11

262

650000

2372

27

39

Ross Taylor

BRC

NZ

236

134.1

0

13.0

9

255

100000

365

25

40

Piyush Chawla

KXI

IND

31

86.1

12

6.9

14

249

400000

1605

20

41

P Sangwan

DD

IND

6

66.7

15

7.7

12

244

30000

120

18

42

G Gambhir

DD

IND

286

104.8

0

--

14

239

725000

3037

27

43

Virat Kohli

BRC

IND

215

110.8

0

7.7

14

238

300000

1263

20

44

R v d Merwe

BRC

SA

88

122.2

8

7.5

8

233

75000

295

24

45

Rahul Dravid

BRC

IND

218

119.8

0

--

11

232

1035000

4279

36

46

Amit Mishra

DD

IND

26

136.8

11

7.2

10

226

30000

125

26

47

David Warner

DD

AUS

163

124.4

0

--

6

216

250000

1026

22

48

Shadab Jakati

CSK

IND

20

133.3

12

7.5

8

213

30000

129

28

49

Ishant Sharma

KKR

IND

16

123.1

11

6.9

11

210

950000

4325

20

50

V Sehwag

DD

IND

159

148.6

0

--

10

204

833750

3858

30

51

Mark Boucher

BRC

SA

145

131.8

0

--

10

199

450000

2132

32

52

Chris Gayle

KKR

WI

171

119.6

1

7.6

7

196

800000

2280

29

53

Naman Ojha

RR

IND

168

116.7

0

--

8

195

30000

141

25

54

MN van Wyk

KKR

167

126.5

0

--

5

193

50000

226

55

Venugopal Rao

DC

IND

124

110.7

4

8.1

14

186

30000

161

27

56

L Balaji

CSK

IND

4

40.0

13

8.5

12

184

30000

159

27

57

Yusuf Abdulla

KXI

SA

0

--

14

8.6

9

179

50000

259

26

58

Robin Uthappa

BRC

IND

158

101.9

0

--

13

173

800000

4565

23

59

Rajat Bhatia

DD

IND

4

25.0

10

6.7

7

171

30000

158

29

60

Amit Singh

RR

IND

1

33.3

9

5.4

5

170

30000

154

27

61

S Badrinath

CSK

IND

176

108.0

0

--

13

168

30000

176

28

62

Simon Katich

KXI

AUS

145

123.9

0

--

9

167

200000

1114

33

63

Laxmi Shukla

KKR

IND

83

97.6

3

7.1

9

163

30000

171

28

64

Graeme Smith

RR

SA

212

98.1

0

--

12

162

475000

2848

28

65

K Pietersen

BRC

ENG

93

109.4

4

6.5

6

160

1550000

4145

28

66

Daniel Vettori

DD

NZ

34

106.3

7

7.8

7

160

625000

3510

30

67

Ajinkya Rahane

MI

IND

144

117.1

1

5.0

8

156

40000

235

20

68

Sourav Ganguly

KKR

IND

189

91.3

2

8.1

13

154

1092500

6981

36

69

Jacob Oram

CSK

NZ

79

91.9

5

8.1

10

148

675000

4315

30

70

Manish Pandey

BRC

IND

116

154.7

0

--

3

142

30000

178

19

71

Brett Lee

KXI

AUS

28

82.4

5

5.6

5

139

900000

2682

32

72

David Hussey

KKR

AUS

98

166.1

0

8.5

4

137

675000

1967

31

73

Ravi Bopara

KXI

ENG

138

116.0

0

3.8

5

136

450000

1368

24

74

D Mascarenhas

RR

ENG

39

100.0

6

6.8

5

136

100000

640

31

75

Murali Kartik

KKR

IND

21

105.0

4

5.9

10

135

425000

2968

32

For the statistically-minded, this list contains a wealth of information, and readers can amuse themselves by making a wide variety of lists using counts, totals and averages, based on the team, country, age, player price etc. We hope to carry a detailed analysis after this IPL ends.

Srinivas Bhogle now works for TEOCO Software Pvt Ltd. This note is based on the detailed IPL1 analysis carried out by Purnendu Maji in 2008. The paisa vasool index uses a model developed by M J Manohar Rao and Rajeeva L Karandikar